Emma, I've just gone off on a long rant on that thread of yours in the other forum!! LOL!!
I'm sorry that you got that reaction there, these people have no clue about this diet and should really NOT be so unsupportive and judgemental. It makes me sure that I'm so not going to post anywhere other than here!
Anyway, I'll post my post below (if you understand that!) in case you don't want to venture back there!!!!
Hi Emma
My kids have benefitted in SO MANY WAYS by me being on LighterLife. I'm much, much happier, have more self esteem, more energy and things can only get better!
They all understand that I needed to lose some weight and I think for them to see me eating addictively pre LL could have done more harm than them seeing me working on improving myself with such determination. I'm proud that I've done this and proud that they have seen me have the willpower and pure strength of mind to have not eaten for the past 14 weeks. Even on Christmas Day when I just had my foodbacks and black coffee and water, they were very understanding and accepting of what I'm doing. They absolutely are not affected in any way because I'm not eating. My daughter, who is seven, actually tells me all the time that she prefers her new mummy to the fat one! I have also just added at least five years to my life, which will benefit them immensely!
I could go on and on! I've done SW and WW, and neither worked for me for any length of time. LL has actually changed my life and will continue to do so. My self esteem is through the roof and day to day life keeps throwing up unexpected benefits of doing this diet.
I do believe that kids go through stages where they eat less and aren't really interested in food too much. I'd just keep offering him it and continue eating your soups/shakes/bars at the table with him. Don't get stressed out and he won't pick up on any negative feelings with regards to his eating and will soon be eating like a horse again. He could actually be coming down with something and not have much of an appetite. One thing is for sure, he definitely won't starve himself!! ;-)